Teaching Tools for the Classroom
Lesson Plans
The Canadian Federation for Sexual Health has been instrumental in developing and implementing this web site. The publishers, sponsors and other partners in this web site gratefully acknowledge the CFSH contribution. The CFSH has allowed www.sexualityandu.ca to publish a selection of lesson plans from their publication: Beyond the Basics: A Sourcebook on Sexual and Reproductive Health Education.
Lesson plans from the canadian association for school health (CASH) |
The Canadian Association for School Health offers an extensive collection of links to hundreds of sexual health education lesson plans, catalogued by topic, learning outcome and grade level. The site also allows you to check out your own province's or territory's curriculum requirements. View CASH's sexual education lesson plans |
Puberty
- Boys and Puberty
- Girls and Puberty
- Introduction to puberty
- Menstruation and Sperm Production
- Other puberty issues
- Pregnancy and Birth
- Puberty Interview
- Talking about Sex Using Standard Terms
- Ways to Cope
Relationship and Sexual Decision-making
- Analyzing Relationships
- Asking and Responding Honestly
- Communicating About Sex
- Dear Expert
- Group Discussion – Postponing Intercourse vs. Having Intercourse
- Identifying Agressive Passive and Manipulative Communications
- Intimacy and Affection
- It's Your Call: Making Sexual Decisions
- Making Decisions About Sex
- Negotiating Sex
- Recognizing Influences on Sexual Behaviours and Decisions
- Reducing Confusion about Abstinence
- Reinforcing Abstinence
- Saying No and Meaning It
- Sexual Assault Prevention Class Project
- Sexual Decision-Making Case Studies
- Using the Internet to Research Sexual Health (Individual)
Contraception
- Birth Control… That Works
- Communicating About Condoms
- Condom Demo and Related Stuff
- Dealing with an Unintended Pregnancy
- Emergency Contraception
- Field Assignments
- Flip Chart Questions for Methods of Pregnancy Prevention
- Methods of Pregnancy Prevention Quiz
- Partner objections to Condoms
- Selecting a Contraceptive Method
- Using the Internet to Research Contraception (Group Assignment)
STIs
- Chlamydia A New STI Concern
- Getting Help for a Sexual Health Problem (Part One)
- Getting Help for a Sexual Health Problem (Part Two)
- HPV A New STI Concern
- Itchin', Burnin' & Squirmin': STDs and You
- Protecting Myself
- Red Light/Green Light
- STI Case Studies
- STI Quiz
- STI Research and STI Research Answers
- Using the Internet to Research STI (Group-Assignment)
Resources for Educators
- A Primer for Teaching Sexual Health Education
- Background Documents
- Demonstration: Using a Condom Properly
- Introductory Lesson Ground Rules
- Pre or Post Test Lesson
- Student Evaluation Tracker
About Beyond the Basics
Beyond the Basics is a tool for educators who deliver sexual and reproductive health education to 9 to 18 year-olds, containing information on both what to teach and how to teach it. Designed for use in the classroom and in community agencies, Beyond the Basics complements existing programs and curriculum guidelines set by provincial and territorial Ministries of Education. This comprehensive manual is the ideal resource for any educator faced with teaching sexual and reproductive health education - for the first time or the 100th time.
For more information about this resource, please visit www.cfsh.ca.
Last Modified: June 12, 2007
